Sandman's turn (well, Bloom too)

Today was Sandman's turn to take a turn around the arena with me. He was a really good boy and I had one of my best rides on him ever. He got lots of "good boys" I'll tell ya! We did a little hopping over a X pole and some trot poles to help him get the idea to pick up his feet and he did a great job.

Bloom was up next and today we spent the time lunging. She is going well under saddle, but is still behind my leg so I thought I would do a few days of reinforcement to keep moving forward with a bit more animation. Of course animation from a drafter is a bit more challenging, but she did seem to get it today, her transitions were snappy and she held her gait when asked to. I then hopped on her to do our 1/4 mile driveway to cool her down - she is so sensible, what a great horse.

Lisa came over after that and rode Summer - we worked on getting Summer to canter a bit slower - wow can she boogie.

A riding day!

Well, today 4 of my horses got a nice work out. I am fortunate to be able to half lease out some of my riding horses and today three of the ladies who ride my horses and myself went for a super ride together. Summer, Cuervo, Gracie and me on Raven all got to go. Summer is my Canadian/Percheron mare, Cuervo is my daughter's Curly palomino gelding, Gracie is my own favorite riding horse and Raven is my current work in progress. Today was Raven's 6th trail ride and she went out like a pro - she even led the way part of the time.